Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to clarify the point. The Bill states: "The Government shall submit the draft of the revised or new National Planning Framework, together with the Environmental Report and Appropriate Assessment Report for the approval of each House of the Oireachtas before it is published.” I simply propose to add the words "by vote" after "approval". The Minister of State's version refers to "approval by each House" whereas I simply want "approval by vote of each House". There is some confusion. I am not asking for a vote on each thing and I would not do that. I know how hard everybody has worked on this plan and I know we need a plan. However, I believe there is some confusion. I simply want to add the words "by vote". I want a commitment from the Minister of State on this. It is not that we are looking for a vote on all things as I would not do that. As the Minister of State said, we have to work with the planners and I know there was a lot of public consultation, although the uptake was very small at only 1,000 submissions. My amendment refers to the only vote in the process, which is just before it is published.